Jammu, June 20 (IANS) More than 9,000 pilgrims, mostly Kashmiri Pandits, left Jammu city for the annual Mata Kheer Bhawani Mela in Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Saturday amid elaborate security arrangements.Officials said MLA Devyani Rana, DIG Shridhar Patil, and other senior officials flagged off the pilgrimage in the city. The pilgrims are taken to the Kashmir Valley in around 200 Jammu and Kashmir Road Transport Corporation buses under tight security cover.With participation significantly h…
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Srinagar, June 18 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday attended the lavender festival in Ganderbal district where he promised a rehabilitation package to shopkeepers and traders who lost their business places due to the road widening project in the district. Omar Abdullah is also the sitting MLA in the 90-member Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from Ganderbal constituency.He was addressing farmers and traders at the inauguration of a lavender festival in Nunar …
Srinagar, June 18 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Thursday reviewed arrangements for the upcoming Mata Kheer Bhawani Mela in Tullamulla town of Ganderbal district.Officials said J&K Chief Minister and Ganderbal MLA, Omar Abdullah on Thursday reviewed the preparations for the annual Kheer Bhawani Mela and assured that all pending works and necessary arrangements would be completed ahead of the religious event scheduled for June 22.During his visit to the revered shri…
Srinagar, June 8 (IANS) Thousands of devotees on Monday attended the prayers at the annual Urs of Sufi saint Hazrat Mian Nizamuddin Kiyanvi at the shrine in Wangat village of J&K’s Ganderbal district. Devotees from remote areas of Poonch, Rajouri, Kathua, and other districts of J&K, along with those from outside the region, assembled to join the ceremonial prayers before departing for their homes.Traffic authorities faced challenges regulating the heavy flow of devotees arriving by dif…
Srinagar, June 5 (IANS) J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday inaugurated the Yatri Bhawan at the Mata Kheer Bhawani temple shrine in Ganderbal district. Officials said the L-G inaugurated the facility at Tulamulla town in Ganderbal district.After dedicating the facilities to the public, the J&K L-G said the new Yatri Bhawan would substantially improve the pilgrimage experience at the Mata Kheer Bhawani temple by providing safe, hygienic, and comfortable accommodation.Mata Kheer Bhawani …
Srinagar, June 5 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha was in Ganderbal district on Friday, where he joined an anti-drug march and later inaugurated the much-awaited Yatri Bhawan at the revered Mata Kheer Bhawani Temple. At the anti-drug march, he said that sustained public engagement, particularly of the young generation, was essential to end substance abuse.“Today I proudly joined the ‘Drug-Free J&K’ campaign in Ganderbal walking alongside fellow citizens and addressing a powe…
Srinagar, May 11 (IANS) Lightning killed 90 sheep and goats overnight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, officials said on Monday.Officials said nearly 90 sheep and goats belonging to a nomadic family from Rajouri district were killed after lightning struck during the intervening night in a high-altitude forest area of Poshkar Kangan in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, officials and locals said on Monday.The incident occurred in the Dhana Dok area of Poshkar, a remote grazing be…
Srinagar, April 3 (IANS) Amid allegations by the family that the person killed in an encounter in J&K’s Ganderbal district on March 31 was an innocent civilian, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday ordered a magisterial probe into the incident.An order issued by the J&K Home Department said that the Ganderbal District Magistrate has been asked to complete the probe into the encounter in Arhama village of the district in seven days and submit the report. After a search and cordon operation…
Srinagar, April 2 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, on Thursday demanded a transparent and time-bound probe into the encounter in Ganderbal district in which reportedly one terrorist was killed.J&K Chief Minister Abdullah on Thursday called for a transparent and time-bound probe into a recent encounter in Ganderbal, saying the claims made by the family of the deceased should not be dismissed without proper investigation.“I believe the claim of the family sho…
Srinagar, April 1 (IANS) One unidentified terrorist was killed on Wednesday in an ongoing security operation against hiding terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district.Srinagar-headquartered Chinar Corps of the Army said on X, “OP ARAHAMA : Update: During the night of 31 Mar 26, the cordon was tactically reorganised amidst the intermittent firing underway. Own troops effectively retaliated with calibrated response resulting in one terrorist eliminated. Operation is in progress.”Un…